Foreigners Net Purchase of 3.3 Trillion Won in Domestic Stocks Last Month... 'Buying' After 4 Months

Last month, foreign investors were found to have net purchased over 3 trillion won worth of domestically listed stocks. This marks a shift to net buying after four months.

According to the Financial Supervisory Service on the 7th, foreign investors net purchased 3.3 trillion won worth of listed stocks last month, holding a total of 692.2 trillion won as of the end of November. This accounts for about 26.9% of the total market capitalization.

By region, Europe net purchased 3.02 trillion won, the Americas 800 billion won, while Asia net sold 100 billion won and the Middle East 100 billion won. By country, the UK net purchased 3.5 trillion won, the US 800 billion won, while Bermuda net sold 400 billion won and Luxembourg 300 billion won. The US held 288.4 trillion won, accounting for 41.7% of the total foreign holdings. This was followed by Europe with 210.4 trillion won (30.4%), Asia with 93.2 trillion won (13.5%), and the Middle East with 22.2 trillion won (3.2%).

Additionally, last month foreign investors net purchased 5.371 trillion won worth of listed bonds and received 3.14 trillion won in matured repayments, resulting in a total net investment of 2.231 trillion won. As of the end of last month, they held 244.1 trillion won, which is about 9.8% of the outstanding listed bonds.

They made a net investment of 2.3 trillion won in government bonds and held 221.8 trillion won (90.9%) in government bonds and 22 trillion won (9.0%) in special bonds as of the end of last month. By remaining maturity, net investments were made in bonds with maturities between 1 and 5 years (2 trillion won) and over 5 years (2.8 trillion won), while bonds with less than 1 year maturity saw net withdrawals of 2.5 trillion won.

As of the end of last month, bonds with less than 1 year remaining maturity accounted for 38.6 trillion won (15.8%), those with 1 to less than 5 years accounted for 101.6 trillion won (41.6%), and those with over 5 years accounted for 103.9 trillion won (42.6%).